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How to choose a web designer

So if you’re looking to hire a web designer, it can be
really difficult to figure out the genuine professionals from the amateurs. But
the last thing you want to do is invest a lot of time and money and end up with
something unfinished, or that you’re not happy with. Equally, you don’t want to
pay over the odds, but you understand that if you pay peanuts, you’ll get
monkeys.

Here are a few (hopefully impartial) tips on how to choose a
web designer.

Get a recommendation

By far the best way to choose any service is to go with
someone that someone you know and trust the judgement of recommends. If you
have friends or colleagues who have had a website designed, then pick their
brains. Were they happy with the service they got, and would they recommend who
they used? Or did they choose based on price and live to regret it? Use their
experiences to avoid repeating the same mistakes.

Get a few quotes

If you can’t get someone through a recommendation, then it’s
worth getting a few quotes. This is not necessarily to find out the cheapest
price (going with the cheapest option will almost always end in headaches and
unexpected expenses down the line), but to get a sense of the service and
quality of product they provide. Do they really listen to your needs and come
up with a solution that fits? Or do they just send out a standard template
email? How they deal with your enquiry is a good reflection of how they will
work down the line.

Go with your gut

At the end of the day it’s about finding someone you can
trust and work with long term. A website isn’t a one-off deal, it needs to keep
working for years to come. So you need to choose someone who you think you’ll
be happy building an ongoing relationship with. Good relationships develop into
friendships and maintain high levels of trust and a feeling of security. This
is well worth paying a little extra for.